Curry Club - Thursday 7 March 2019 - venue TBC

[BrandNewGuy]

Sounds good ? I'm a yes

[georgia]

Should be ok for the 11th too

[Michael Palaeologus]

Yay!!!

[Floating Onion]

Sounds good!

[evea]

I have tickets for Dream Girls at the Savoy Theatre that night. Have a bhaji for me!

[Michael Palaeologus]

We will so bhaji.

[Mick Mac]

I think I'm good for tomorrow.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Righto!

[Michael Palaeologus]

Table booked for 8pm, meet at the EDT from 7pm.

[DuncanW]

I have also posted this on a general thread about food hygiene, but thought it would be of interest to the curry connoisseurs on the Forum.

Went to Mirash on Saturday night. When the booking was made a couple of weeks ago, I checked the Southwark Food Safety web-page and they had a rating of 4. Not perfect but fair enough.

So was surprised on arrival that they had a sticker in the window claiming a a rating of five.

Whilst there, sensing a couple of other aspects were a bit off, I checked again on my phone to see that they were inspected in early November and now have a rating of two!

I tried speaking with the manager about this discrepancy and also tried phoning them tonight to discuss. For the sake of brevity, I shall just say that neither converstaion was productive.

So if you're happy eating at an establishment that has a rating of two, but chooses to display a sticker claiming it's a five even though their previous rating was four, then please continue to give them your custom.

If, like me, that sends a shiver down your spine, I would give them a very wide berth.

I have reported to Southwark.

[DuncanW]

I have posted this already on another thread but I thought that the curry connoisseurs of East Dulwich should know:

Went to Mirash on Saturday night. When the booking was made a couple of weeks ago, I checked the Southwark Food Safety web-page and they had a rating of 4. Not perfect but fair enough.

So was surprised on arrival that they had a sticker in the window claiming a a rating of five.

Whilst there, sensing a couple of other aspects were a bit off, I checked again on my phone to see that they were inspected in early November and now have a rating of two!

I tried speaking with the manager about this discrepancy and also tried phoning them tonight to discuss. For the sake of brevity, I shall just say that neither conversation was productive.

So if you're happy eating at an establishment that has a rating of two, but chooses to display a sticker claiming it's a five even though their previous rating was four, then please continue to give them your custom.

If, like me, that sends a shiver down your spine, I would give them a very wide berth.

I have reported to Southwark.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Anyway, Surma in the New Year anybody?

[Mick Mac]

DuncanW Wrote:

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Mirash on Saturday night.

I checked again on my phone to see

> that they were inspected in early November and now

> have a rating of two!

>

> If, like me, that sends a shiver down your spine,

> I would give them a very wide berth.

On checking, most SE22 Indians are 2 or less, so why pick on Mirash

Mirash 2

Dulwich Taandoori 2

Meemsaab 2

Surma 1

only Jaaflong is better at 5

If you consider these ratings important, you dont have a lot of chaoice of where to source your Indian food. I have eaten in all the "2" establishments without problems and know of many others who are the same.

[Sue]

It's a bit worrying that they are lying about their rating and don't want to discuss it, though?

[DuncanW]

Fair question...

I had that experience at Mirash not at any of the others.

In this respect, I don't know about the other restaurants but Mirash is knowingly misleading its clientele into thinking its food hygiene is 'very good', whereas in fact it has been judged to be such that "improvements are necessary" - it's that deception that I was most troubled by.

I wouldn't knowingly eat anywhere that had a 2 or below, and that's quite a worry that these other restaurants are graded as such. I didn't know that so thanks for pointing it out.

Thankfully, there are other options. Jaflong, Rajah Rowing Team, Ganapati and Millenium Tandoori are all grade at 5. Village Tandoori is a 4.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Would you please take this discussion of food hygiene onto your own thread. Not here.

[DuncanW]

Sorry Michael, I thought this was a public forum...?

[Mick Mac]

DuncanW Wrote:

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> Sorry Michael, I thought this was a public

> forum...?

You're not really sorry are you.... :)

But you will be, when Michael P gets back at you. He really doesn't like sarcasm. He's a big bloke too. Ooooooh.

[DuncanW]

Not especially, but I will make this my last post on this thread, as much as I stand by what I said above, I have no desire to lurk around where I'm not wanted.

Happy and safe curry clubbing :)

[Mick Mac]

It was useful info. Always good to revisit the current scores. If it's 0 I don't dine there, but anything with a proper number is fine with me.

[Michael Palaeologus]

It has been a while, anybody fancy a curry next Thursday?

[georgia]

Yes I can do the 7th

[BrandNewGuy]

I'm a 'probable'

[Mick Mac]

I cant do it I'm afraid Mike - have work drinks

[Floating Onion]

I?m up for Thursday!